2014-15
Review
THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ROWING TEAM completed its 14th season in the spring of 2015 with 20 Mountaineers earning All-Big 12 Academic honors. Nineteen Mountaineers earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors, while one WVU student-athlete landed on the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
Collegiate Novice 4+ event, earning a silver and a bronze medal.
Six members of the rowing squad also were named National Scholar Athletes by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) for the 2015 season. The group was comprised of Elizabeth Duarte, Kelly Kramer, Alisha Brownfield, Emily Deming, Madison James and Louisa Morgan.
The 2015 spring schedule featured five events and a dual race in Morgantown on the Monongahela River. The Mountaineers traveled to Washington D.C., Indiana and Tennessee, and trekked to New Jersey twice for the Knecht Cup and EAWRC Sprints last season.
Also of note, former rower Alexandra Basil was a recipient of the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the conference’s highest academic honor. The Mountaineers opened their fall season on Oct. 4, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. West Virginia posted three top-10 finishes in the Women’s Open 8+ event, earning a silver medal at the Head of the Ohio Regatta on the Allegheny RIver. Following a month off from competition, West Virginia continued its fall season workouts at the Head of the Occoquan, in Fairfax Station, Virginia (Nov. 1). The regatta was highlighted by two top-five finishes in the Women’s
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West Virginia then concluded its fall season a week later, as the novice team squared off against Duquesne on the Monongahela River to win all five pieces (Nov. 7).
The Mountaineers kicked off their spring season with a pair of dual races against Georgetown and North Carolina on March 28. The Mountaineers earned a first-place finish, a pair of third-place finishes and a runner-up finish behind Georgetown and North Carolina with their four crews at the event. A week later, the Mountaineers traveled to Bloomington, Indiana, for a scrimmage against the Hoosiers on Lake Lemon. Over the course of two days, West Virginia competed in a number of different pieces against Indiana from April 3-4. Following the scrimmage with Indiana, the Mountaineers traveled to West Windsor, New
Jersey, for the famous Knecht Cup Regatta on April 11-12. The two-day event featured crews from 70 different schools across the country. The Mountaineers’ top finish came from the women’s second varsity eight boat, which won the Petite Final on Mercer Lake. The rowing team then welcomed Duquesne for a scrimmage on the Monongahela River, as the Mountaineers competed in a number of different pieces on April 19. West Virginia wrapped up its regular season on May 3, at the EAWRC Sprints in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The Mountaineers’ top finishes came from the second and third varsity eight boats, placing second in its respective Petite Finals. After a week off from competition, West Virginia then concluded its 2015 season at the Big 12 Rowing Championship in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from May 16-17. The crews put together their best racing of the season, as the first and second varsity four boats placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in the Grand Final. The squad placed fifth among Big 12 opponents and seventh in team standings. Elizabeth Duarte also was named to the AllBig 12 First Team.